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Vice President JD Vance speaks to reporters in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, June 18, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
June 18, 2026, 11:53 pm
Vance slams Israeli ‘freakout’ over Iran deal, says Trump only world leader who still likes Israel
VP lambasts Israeli ministers who called on Netanyahu to disregard accord, insists Iran won’t get relief without final deal. Scolds Israel: ‘You can’t just kill your way out of solving every problem’
By ToI Staff, Leon Kraiem and Jacob Magid
This aerial image shows the Islamic Center of San Diego, on May 19, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
May 21, 2026, 11:35 am
San Diego mosque shooters, who met online, called for genocide of Jews and Muslims
Holocaust-denying teens praised Hitler, called all women ‘evil,’ in violent writings; terrorists killed beloved security guard Amin Abdullah as he protected 140 schoolchildren
By AP and Leon Kraiem
Yotam Haim, left, and his mother, Iris Haim, in an undated photo. (Courtesy)
April 10, 2026, 2:44 pm
Judge rules slain hostage’s family may use his sperm with a surrogate
Beersheba family court says Yotam Haim, who was abducted to Gaza and mistakenly killed by troops after escaping Hamas captivity, expressed ‘unequivocal’ desire to have children
By Leon Kraiem
Police tape hangs outside the Temple Israel synagogue March 13, 2026, in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan. (AP/Paul Sancya)
March 13, 2026, 3:41 pm
Michigan synagogue attacker’s brothers said to be Hezbollah members killed in IDF strike
Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, 41, was US-Lebanese national; source tells NBC he was questioned on potential terror ties upon his return from overseas trips; CBS says brothers were in rocket unit
By ToI Staff, Leon Kraiem and Agencies
Graffiti, including the words 'Free Palestine' and several inverted triangles -- a symbol used in Hamas propaganda to indicate an Israeli target -- is seen on a statue of Winston Churchill, in central London on February 27, 2026. (Brook Mitchell / AFP)
February 27, 2026, 4:17 pm
‘Zionist war criminal’: Anti-Israel activist vandalizes Churchill statue in London
Suspected perpetrator’s activist group says he came from Netherlands to support activists who broke into Elbit factory; graffiti includes inverted triangles used by Hamas
By Leon Kraiem
This handout picture released by the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) shows, (L-R) Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary-General Jassim al-Budaiwi, Kuwait's Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Khaled al-Hamad al-Sabah, Qatar's Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, Oman's Deputy Prime Minister for Defense Affairs Shihab bin Tarik Al Said, Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Bahrain's King's Personal Representative Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa, and the UAE's Vice President and Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan, posing for a group picture during the 2025 Arab-Islamic emergency summit in Doha on September 15, 2025. (Saudi Press Agency / AFP)
February 9, 2026, 6:32 pm
Muslim countries, EU join condemnations of Israeli moves deepening West Bank control
Muslim states, including allies and adversaries, call security cabinet decision illegal and a ‘dangerous escalation’; EU: It’s a ‘step in the wrong direction’
By Nava Freiberg, Leon Kraiem, Noam Lehmann, ToI Staff and AFP
Left: Candace Owens appears on her podcast, December 20, 2025. (Screenshot via Candace Owens/YouTube); Right: Tucker Carlson appears on his podcast, December 22, 2025. (Screenshot via Tucker Carlson/YouTube)
December 29, 2025, 3:11 pm
Study shows 2025 spike in anti-Israel, antisemitic rhetoric from Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens
Jewish People Policy Institute uses AI to track references to Israel by two leading right-wing podcasters, finds US Jews very concerned about spike in antisemitism from the right
By Leon Kraiem
Romi Gonen speaks to Channel 12's 'Uvda,' in a program aired December 25, 2025. (Video screenshot, Channel 12)
December 26, 2025, 12:49 pm
‘If you tell anyone, I’ll kill you’: Ex-hostage Romi Gonen recounts captors’ repeated sexual assaults
25-year old, abducted from Nova rave and held in Gaza for 471 days, says Hamas gunman was ‘ecstatic’ as he abused her for 30 minutes while she wept the whole time: ‘I was paralyzed’
By Leon Kraiem
Screen grabs from videos posted to social media show right-wing demonstrators shouting profanities at MK Ayman Odeh, and surrounding his vehicle, in Ness Ziona, July 19, 2025. (X; used in accordance with article 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 20, 2025, 5:39 pm
Judge criticizes police for not arresting actual perpetrators of assault on MK Odeh
Court frees all 3 apprehended suspects, says cops failed to prove they committed crimes, notes videos show dozens of rioters involved; separate racist incident at Jerusalem cinema
By Jeremy Sharon, Leon Kraiem, Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani (R) and US President Donald Trump sit side by side at the Royal Palace in Doha on May 14, 2025. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)
May 15, 2025, 5:07 pm
More than just a plane: Gift to Trump highlights Qatar’s multi-billion US influence campaign
Tiny Gulf state is largest foreign funder of American universities, contributed over $6b in last 15 years, employs dozens of DC lobbying firms, has cultivated ties with Trump’s inner circle for years
By Leon Kraiem and Agencies
Naftali Bennett attends a commemoration ceremony for a slain Israeli soldier at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, December 25, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
March 7, 2025, 12:42 am
Ex-PM Bennett says he wouldn’t include Arab parties, only Zionists, in next government
Politician, whose 2021-2022 coalition included an Islamist faction, tells private audience in US that given makeup of Arab parties, it ‘wouldn’t make sense’ to include them now
By Leon Kraiem
Ultra-Orthodox posters in Beit Shemesh demand the passage of a law exempting yeshiva students from military service prior to the passage of the 2025 state budget, March 6, 2025. (Sam Sokol/Times of Israel)
March 6, 2025, 8:43 pm
Haredi lawmakers split on approach to budget, which must pass this month or gov’t falls
While UTJ chair Goldknopf threatens to send Israel to elections if Haredi draft-exemption bill not passed, other ultra-Orthodox MKs say problems solved with $280 million now in budget base
By Sam Sokol and Leon Kraiem
The six hostages released on February 22, 2025 reunite with their families. Top row from left: Omer Wenkert, Omer Shem Tov, Avera Mengistu. Bottom row from left: Hisham al-Sayed, Eliya Cohen, Tal Shoham. (IDF)
February 22, 2025, 11:34 pm
Hostages were chained, starved, kept in pitch black; some return almost unresponsive
Hamas made 2 hostages not going free watch release ceremony from a vehicle near the stage; Omer Shem Tov, abducted from Nova festival, was held alone in a tunnel for some 450 days
By Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman, Michael Bachner, Charlie Summers, Leon Kraiem and ToI Staff
Released hostage soldier Agam Berger meets her four comrades, Karina Ariev, Daniella Gilboa, Naama Levy, and Liri Albag, at Rabin Medical Center, January 30, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
January 30, 2025, 9:11 pm
Surveillance soldiers all finally home: Agam Berger’s return closes one horrific Oct. 7 chapter
Berger’s freed comrades embrace her at hospital, elect to stay with her; release offers closure for families whose daughters did not survive, as sister of slain commander writes: ‘It’s over. You can rest in peace’
By ToI Staff, Amy Spiro, Leon Kraiem, Diana Bletter and Emanuel Fabian
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